Hocus Pocus (1993) - Quotes

Embracing the Magic of Hocus Pocus

Taglines: It's just a bunch of Hocus Pocus!

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A Long Wait for a Candle's Light

Emily: Thackary Binx, what took thee so long?

Thackary: Sorry, Emily. I had to wait three hundred years for a virgin to light a candle.

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The Power of Knowledge Over Magic

Max: Prepare to die...again.

Winnie: You! You have no powers here, you fool!

Max: Maybe not. But there's a power greater than your magic; and that's knowledge! And there's one thing I know that you don't!

Winnie: And what is that, dude?

Max: Daylight Savings Time.

Mary: [mockingly] Daylight Savings Time".

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A Clash of Wits and Insults

Billy: [to Winnie, after finally freeing his mouth; happily, to Max] Wench! Trollop! You buck toothed, mop riding firefly from hell! I've waited centuries to say that.

Max: Say what you want; just don't breathe on me!

Winnie: Billy! I killed you once, I shall kill you again, you maggoty malfeasance! Hang on to your heads!

Billy: Go to hell!

Winnie: Oh! I've been there, thank you. I found it quite lovely.

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Enchanting Invitation to Mischief

Winnie: [evil laugh] Use thy voice, Sarah! Fill the sky! Bring the little brats to die!

Sarah: [singing] ♪ Come, little children, I'll take thee away, into a land of enchantment. ♪♪ Come, little children, the time's come to play, here in my garden of magic. ♪

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Sisters Plot Their Dark Adventure

Winnie: Therefore, it stands to reason, does it not, sisters dear? That we must find the book, brew the potion and suck the lives out of the children of Salem before sunrise. Otherwise, it's curtains. We evaporate! We cease to exist! Dost thou comprehend?

Mary: You explained it beautifully, Winnie. They way in which you started out with the adventure part and slowly.

Sarah: Explained what?

Winnie: Come, we fly!

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Debate on the consequences of opening the book

Max: The witches used it to put the spell on him.

Allison: Maybe there's a way in here to take it off.

Max: Mmm, I don't know. Binx told us not to open it.

Allison: Well, the witches are dead. What harm could it do?

Max: Well, just be careful.

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Circle of Salt for Protection

Max: [looking at the salt can] Well, what does it say?

Allison: Well, it says to form a circle of salt to protect from zombies, witches, and old boyfriends.

Max: And what about new boyfriends?

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A Witch's Frustration with Her Sisters

Sarah: I am alive!

Winnie: Damn that boy, he's tricked us again.

Mary: Oh, you're right, you're always right.

Winnie: It's my curse. That, and you two! Get off me, you thundering oafs!

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Aging and Trick-or-Treating Perspectives

Master's Wife: Aren't you broads a little old to be trick or treating?

Winnie: We'll be younger in the morning.

Master's Wife: [takes a swig of whatever's in her glass and walks away] Yeah, sure, me too.

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The Arrival of a Mysterious Transport

Winnie: Well, tell me, friend, what is this contraption?

Bus Driver: I call it a bus.

Winnie: A bus. And its purpose?

Bus Driver: [cracks his knuckle] To convey gorgeous creatures such as yourselves to your most... forbidden desires.

Winnie: [laughs] Well, fancy! We desire children.

Bus Driver: Hey, it may take me a couple of tries, but I don't think there's gonna be a problem.

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Sibling Rivalry and Unfortunate Circumstances

Winnie: Why? Why was I cursed with such idiot sisters?

Sarah: [swinging a string of toilet paper up and down] Just lucky, I guess.

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Winnie and Binx's Witty Exchange

Winnie: Book! Come to Mommy!

Cat Binx: [jumps on the book to prevent it from floating up to Winifred, with a screech] Afraid not!

Winnie: Thackary Binx, thou mangy feline. Still alive?

Cat Binx: And waiting for you!

Winnie: Oh! Thou hast waited in vain. And thou will fail to save thy friends, just as thou failed to save thy sister!

Frustration Towards a Cat

Max: [Cat Binx attacks him then scurries away] Oh. Stupid cat!

Sibling Negotiation Over a Crush

Dani: [as they plan to go to the Sanderson house] Max, I'm not going up there. My friends at school told me all about that place. It's weird!

Max: Dani, this is the girl of my dreams.

Dani: So, take her to the movies like a normal person.

Max: Dani! Look, just do this one thing for me, and I'll do anything you say. Please? Please? Please?

Dani: [attempts to leave] Okay, okay. Next year, we go trick-or-treating as Wendy and Peter Pan...with tights or it's no deal.

Max: Okay, okay! Deal, deal.

Compliments and Confessions in Costumes

Allison: I like your costume, Dani.

Dani: [Max, embarrassed, nearly spits out the cider he's drinking] Thank you! I really like yours too. Of course, I couldn't wear anything like that because I don't have any, what do you call em, Max? Yabbos? Max likes your yabbos. In fact, he loves em!